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Retired OT Ryan Tucker was suspended for the first eight games of the 2010 season, according to Harold Balzer of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.

It's believed that Tucker violated the league policy on performance enhancing drugs for the second time. His first violation came in 2007. After missing the entire 2009 season due to a knee injury, Tucker officially called it a career on Thursday. Sun, Mar 7, 2010 08:48:00 AM

Browns OT Ryan Tucker officially announced his retirement on WKNR AM/850 on Thursday.

Tucker played 12 NFL seasons and the last seven were with the Browns. He was marred by injuries and illness over his last four and was on I.R. for all of 2009 after having knee surgery, so the 34-year old has decided to call it a career. Sat, Mar 6, 2010 09:59:00 AM

Though he has yet to officially retire, free agent OT Ryan Tucker reportedly "considers his career over."

Tucker, turning 35 in June, contemplated retirement last offseason. He ended up returning, only to miss the entire season after undergoing knee surgery. In addition to the knee problems, Tucker has also battled hip injuries the past few seasons. Sat, Feb 20, 2010 07:13:00 PM

It was reported Monday that that Browns had released Tucker, but that isn't the case. Eric Mangini even said he would "be open" to having Tucker back "if things work out that way." They'd need an injury settlement and have to wait several weeks for a reunion. Tucker, 34, would also have to be healthy. Tue, Sep 1, 2009 12:38:00 PM

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Browns OT Ryan Tucker officially announced his retirement on WKNR AM/850 on Thursday.

Tucker played 12 NFL seasons and the last seven were with the Browns. He was marred by injuries and illness over his last four and was on I.R. for all of 2009 after having knee surgery, so the 34-year old has decided to call it a career.

Though he has yet to officially retire, free agent OT Ryan Tucker reportedly "considers his career over."

Tucker, turning 35 in June, contemplated retirement last offseason. He ended up returning, only to miss the entire season after undergoing knee surgery. In addition to the knee problems, Tucker has also battled hip injuries the past few seasons.

It was reported Monday that that Browns had released Tucker, but that isn't the case. Eric Mangini even said he would "be open" to having Tucker back "if things work out that way." They'd need an injury settlement and have to wait several weeks for a reunion. Tucker, 34, would also have to be healthy.

Browns OT Ryan Tucker is contemplating retirement, according to the Northern Ohio News-Herald.

Tucker has battled hip and knee injuries of late and is reportedly wary of putting himself through the 16-game grind. He did indicate last month that he wants to play two more seasons, so we'd like to see confirmation of this report before placing too much stock in it.

Browns OT Ryan Tucker agreed to restructure his contract to stay in Cleveland.

Tucker was due to earn $3.25 million, but he will instead play for the NFL veteran minimum of $850,000. Injury prone throughout his career, Tucker battled both knee and hip issues last season. However, the 34-year-old remains arguably Cleveland's best run blocker when healthy.

Browns placed T Ryan Tucker (knee) on injured reserve, ending his season. He will undergo a knee scope next week.

Tucker missed the first four games of the season because of a hip problem, returned for a few weeks, then missed the last two with a knee injury. Tucker has battled a lot of issues during his seven-year run in Cleveland and is at risk of getting cut in the off-season.

Romeo Crennel did not rule out the possibility of surgery for tackle Ryan Tucker, who missed the Redskins game with knee problems.

"There's a lot of wear and tear on that knee and it got impacted because he had to play the whole [Giants] game," Crennel said. Crennel did say Tucker appeared to be improving. He will be evaluated later in the week.

Ryan Tucker is expected to be the Browns' starting right tackle in Week 6. Usual starter Kevin Shaffer (concussion) isn't expected to play

It's the third known concussion of Shaffer's career and he's out indefinitely. Tucker is coming off serious hip surgery and was on the PUP list until last week. Giants LE Justin Tuck is likely to give him fits on Monday night.

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Cody Kessler (concussion) has been medically cleared and resumed practicing on Monday.

While it's good news that Kessler has overcome the second concussion of his rookie season, the Browns have said nothing about his status or whether he will start coming out of the Week 13 bye. Josh McCown has not played particularly well in recent weeks, but he clearly gives the Browns their best shot to avoid 0-16.

It'll end Payton's season. A fifth-round pick out of UCLA, Payton earned only 30 snaps on offense while wallowing behind Terrelle Pryor, Corey Coleman, Andrew Hawkins, Ricardo Louis, and Rashard Higgins on the Browns' wide receiver depth chart. Payton may be hard pressed to make the Browns' 2017 roster, but he will be given every opportunity in next year's training camp.